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haleyc112

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Imagine that you now experience such an overly strong fear of dogs that you refuse to leave your house for fear of encountering a dog.
 
  A learning theorist would suggest that the roots of your fear can be attributed to past classical conditioning, in which you associated the sight and sound of a dog with some aversive experience. This type of explanation would involve the process of
 
  a. rationalization.
  b. pseudoscience.
  c. reductionism.
  d. generalization.
  e. dualism.

Question 2

A neuroscientist removes the eyes of a frog to determine if the frog will still respond to light and dark in the environment. This experiment would be an example of
 
  a. generalization.
  b. reductionism.
  c. separatism.
  d. functionalism.
  e. validity.


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paavo

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. reductionism.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. reductionism.


haleyc112

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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